Debatable: A gas tax for our region? Should a regional 1 cent gas tax be created to help subsidize Metra's operating costs? Yes, I want a gas tax * A Metra...
Can we get some 'Yes' votes into this poll? http://www.journaltimes.com , then "View all Debatables" (down and on the left), then "Should a regional 1 cent gas...
Anyone notice the the obituary for Lucy Gardner in the Milwaukee JournalSentinel? Furneral Will be Tuesday Dec 21.2004 in Hartford.After the services Lusy's...
... The Wisconsin Southern website www.wsorrailroad.com says that Lucy is taking HER last ride, and there was nothing there about abandonment of the WSOR....
That's just for the day, all jobs will resume again on Wednesday. The chicago jobs just have to keep going for the interchange traffic. Noah ... From: mrcooby ...
6PM - ?, Immanuel Methodist Hall, 715 54th Street, Kenosha WI. (One block east of the Metra Station on the Kenosha streetcar line.) Chefs: Jack Doyle, Joyce...
Hey group, Can anyone tell me why the Milwaukee Bay View and Chicago Railraod was formed? This was a switching line in the Bay View area of Milwaukee. It was...
Hello, Hope anyone can help me find links to sites that have pictures of these units or if anyone has pictures that they would care to send ot me it would be...
Hello all, I have some old slides that I had purchased at a swap show in Kenosha (around 1982 or so) portraying some CM&N equipment - I have no idea who the...
Posted to the files section are a couple of WICT shots fro December 1986 of a loco and some boxcars parked at a depot in an unknown southern Wisconsin town. I...
The Wisconsin Chapter NRHS web site is back up and running and can be found at www.nrhswis.org Enjoy Andy -- "Where the Old Soo crosses the New Soo,...
The new Wisconsin Northern engines are now in Altoona. My guess is they will be moved to Norma(north Chippewa) tonight(Tuesday) on the interchange from UP to...
On Friday, April 29, 2005, Wisconsin Northern's new GP15s ran north from Norma(north Chippewa Falls) to New Auburn and back. WN personnel needed to test the...
Group, A few months ago when I inquired about the Hillsboro and North Eastern (H&NE), many of you reponded very well to my questions. I've been doing a little...
hi all. my oct '58 ORER states h&ne 6.5 mi of std ga track. 1 gas loco, 1 diesel-elec (a ge 70 ton), and owned 1 flat car. at some point, the CNW operated...
Group, This won't help with photos of the Hillsboro and North Eastern Ry., but the town of Hillsboro has a capsule history of the line on its website. I...
Glenn and Terry, Thanks alot for the information. I didn't know that they had a flat car. That one would be an easy thing to model. Noah ... From: ggierzycki ...
Hey I just wanted to tell you about a great company I found! I applyed for a lower mortgage rate and i only had to fill in a simple form. This month alone I...
Man, This forum is dead in the water, isn't it? So let's see what happens when someone asks a question. What year did the Laona and Northern Ry. officially go...
Yeah there is(although I don't know if a person would classify it as "New" since it has to be closing in on a year old). The Wisconsin Northern runs through...
I rode the Laona & Northern in 1977, and the mixed train was already discontinued but it still ran from Laona to Camp 5 and return. I recall the ROW was as bad...
You're right, the L&N still exists as a tourist line. But I was wondering when the line quit as a freight hauler. My guess is sometime in the 1980's. Glenn...
I can't answer any of your questions, but I can add some comments and observations on other WI Shortlines. My cabin is located near the ghost town of...
I work with a girl whose father has been an engineer up there for about 20 years or longer. I was going to ask her if I could call him and ask some questions....
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